Justin Dillon
Dillon PLLC
A former Assistant United States Attorney with dozens of trials under his belt, Justin Dillon now uses his years of litigation and investigative experience to defend clients in Title IX and campus discipline cases and in complex, high-stakes white-collar criminal investigations.
Justin has gained nationwide attention for his work representing students and professors in campus misconduct cases, which he and his firm have handled at more than 100 schools nationwide. Along with his partner Chris Muha, he co-authored Title IX Hearings and Litigation: A Practitioner’s Guide, published by The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and available here to any member of FIRE’s Legal Network.
While most of his cases are successfully resolved on campus, Justin is not afraid to take it all the way to court—he was the first lawyer in the country to win summary judgment against a university in a campus sexual assault case, and he has never lost a lawsuit against a college.
In his white-collar practice, Justin has successfully defended the General Counsel of a public company in a foreign-bribery investigation, helped a government contractor avoid criminal charges after a lengthy federal investigation, and represented numerous individuals and small-business owners.
Justin also frequently represents government employees under investigation for alleged ethical or criminal misconduct, including a former Cabinet secretary, a former Senate-confirmed head of a federal agency, and many other federal employees and federal prosecutors. He has extensive experience with Offices of Inspector General and the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). He is also the former white-collar crime columnist for the website Above the Law; a collection of his columns is available here.
Earlier in his career, Justin worked for the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and later spent five and a half years as a federal prosecutor in Washington, DC.
- White Collar Crime
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Securities Law
- Title IX and Campus Discipline
- Free Consultation
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Virginia
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- 10th Circuit
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- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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- English
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- Dillon PLLC
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- dillonpllc.com
- Partner
- KaiserDillon PLLC
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- Assistant United States Attorney
- United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
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- Attorney
- Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
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- Trial Attorney
- United States Department of Justice
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- Law Clerk to the Honorable David M. Ebel
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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- Harvard Law School
- J.D. (2002)
- Honors: Heyman Fellowship; Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
- Activities: Editor of the Harvard Law Review
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- Duke University
- B.A. (1996) | English
- Honors: magna cum laude
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- Recognized 2024 edition of Best Lawyers®
- Best Lawyers
- Justin Dillon is recognized for the sixth consecutive year in White-Collar Criminal Defense.
- Recognized by The Legal 500 for Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- The Legal 500
- Justin Dillon has been recognized again by The Legal 500 in the category of “Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals” in the United States.
- Recognized Justin Dillon in its annual Chambers USA Guide in the category Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.
- Chambers USA
- Justin Dillon was recognized for the fifth time. One reference noted that Justin “is an outstanding lawyer with exceptional analytical skills” and that he “is a phenomenal litigator. It is not a job, it is a passion for him.”
- Super Lawyers 2023
- Super Lawyers
- We are pleased to announce that Justin Dillon has been recognized by Super Lawyers in its 2023 listing.
- Special Achievement Award
- U.S. Attorney’s Office
- Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court
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- John Carroll Society
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- District of Columbia Bar
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- Virginia State Bar
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- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Justin Dillon Discusses the Biden Administration’s Proposed Title IX Regulations with the Defense of Freedom Institute and the Federalist Society
- Washington Examiner
- Due process must be part of sex-assault policy
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
- How to Handle a Criminal Case in D.C. Superior Court, District of Columbia Bar
- 2014, 2015
- Families Advocating for Campus Equality, Families Advocating for Campus Equality Conference
- 2015
- Trial Advocacy Workshop, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop
- 2015
